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Oct 03
Czech Republic, Europe, Interview, Publications

Polish-Czech Forum 2023: Jan Macháček on Polish-Czech relations. An Interview by the Institute of New Europe [Part 4]

October 3, 2023

This text is a transcription of the interview conducted by Michał Banasiak


Jan Macháček – is a Czech columnist and musician. He covers political, economic, European and geopolitical issues. Currently, he publishes his columns in the Czech daily newspaper Lidové noviny and writes his daily column called Monitor JM online. He also provides analysis for Czech radio and TV stations. In 2015 he became a Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Institute for Politics and Society. He takes part in setting up the strategy and agenda of this think tank, and in organizing debates and conferences on various political and economic issues. He is also a member of President Petr Pavel’s foreign policy advisory group. From 2011 to 2015, as Chairman of the Board of Trustees, he took an important part in creating the agenda of Vaclav Havel Library. He is an active musician and as a member of the band “The Plastic People of the Universe”. His journalism has been awarded on several occasions, including the latest Ferdinand Peroutka Award in 2010.

Michał Banasiak: Hello and welcome, my name is Michał Banasiak, and this is The Institute of New Europe’s series of interviews within The Polish-Czech Forum Project. Our guest today is Jan Macháček – a Czech columnist.

Jan Macháček: Nice to see you, and thanks for the invitation.

Michał Banasiak: I would like to start with your opinion on the current condition of relations between Poland and Czechia.

Jan Macháček:  I think that relationship is very good at the moment. Both of the governments, especially in the Czech Republic, are emphasising that the state of the relationship between Poland and the Czech Republic is very positive. Both countries are strong supporters of Ukraine. Both countries are helping Ukraine, as far as the defence equipment is concerned. Both countries have a huge influx of Ukrainian refugees, which are getting integrated to some extent into our economies. So we have a lot of mutual interests, that strengthened at the moment due to the geopolitical situation. Besides, there is a new Czech ambassador on his way to Poland. That’s just the beginning so perhaps you could ask, more specific, next round of questions.

Michał Banasiak: Yes, I would like to start with the question on the topic of problematic issues. Because we know that through the decades we had some problematic issues. For example, during the time that Poland and, at the time Czechoslovakia, were part of the Eastern block. What do you think now are the most problematic issues, are they still connected with the past?

The most problematic issue is definitely the lack of infrastructure connection between both countries. We are neighbour countries, and we have, in many respects, less infrastructure connections than we used to have.

Jan Macháček: The most problematic issue is definitely the lack of infrastructure connection between both countries. We are neighbour countries, and we have, in many respects, less infrastructure connections than we used to have. At the moment, there are very few railway connections, there are almost no highway connections. It is improving, only very slowly. There is also a lack of functioning connection in energy infrastructure. I think this, from the geographic point of view, is very surprising. Because both of these economies are growing, we are in technological recession at the moment, but we are, in normal conditions, fast growing economies of neighbouring countries, they should be much better interconnected. As far as the infrastructure is concerned. To me this is the most problematic topic. Actually, maybe Czech Republic is more to blame. For instance – there is a connection to Czech highway going from Prague to Hradec Kralove, in direction to Wrocław in Poland. Whereas Poles have finished their part of the highway, as far as I understand it, Czechs still have a long way to go. Both countries are lacking also fast trains connections, both within the country and across the border. Obviously, it would be more natural to use the corridors through the southern Silesia and Moravia. These days a very important topic is energy security, as both of us know. Czech Republic would certainly need better connections to Polish ports etc., and Polish energy infrastructure which is being developed at the Baltic Sea.

Michał Banasiak: You mentioned energy, so I would like to ask you about the energy situation in Czechia. We know that your country is among those who resign from Russian oil and gas, at least partially. How did Czechia deal with that energy crisis last year? How is it prepared for the coming winter?

Jan Macháček: Situation from exactly year ago was very dramatic. Prices of gas, physical lack of it. Prices of energy on the energy stock exchange in Leipzig were very high. People were really making preparations for potentially very tough winter. These days, at least from the beginning of the spring we know that situation is much more positive. These high energy prices were to some extent artificial, caused by the manipulation of delivery from Russia and also by lack of preparedness of all European countries, and lack of infrastructure. Construction of these new mobile LNG stations in Germany and Holland certainly helped. Czech Republic also managed through the energy dominant stakes. Mostly state owned companies chose to buy a stake in these terminals. We are fulfilling the capacity of our reserved tanks etc. 

Czech government nationalised, or bought from German companies our reserved tanks for natural gas. They were bought by energy infrastructure company “ČEPS” which is the owner of electricity network in this country. Unlike those pessimistic predictions in September last year, it turned out that there is a lot of natural gas globally. If it is somehow managed smartly, that Europe doesn’t have to answer to the bank guarantees it does not have to face some dramatic or catastrophic consequences. Czech Republic has together with Hungary, and I believe Austria, some exceptions on oil deliveries from Russia, but it applies only to pipeline connection, actually one pipeline connection “Druzhba”, as far as I understand it. I don’t know if Czech Republic will use this exception fully, but we are still buying some Russian oil, I don’t know how much exactly, from “Druzhba” pipeline. We have negotiated an exception on the EU level, so we are fully independent of Russian deliveries, as far as natural gas is concerned, but we are still partially dependent on the Russian oil delivered big through the pipeline. Embargo on the Russian oil applies only to different deliveries routs, other than “Druzhba”, or trough oil tankers and other facilities in the ports.

Michał Banasiak:  As you mentioned – Poland and Czechia both host a lot of Ukrainian refugees. How does it look in Czechia? What are the government programs to help these people?

Jan Macháček: These people mostly have status of refugees, but it will be definitely up to these people, how they’re gonna decide about their future life. It depends on development of the war, it depends on the future reconstruction of Ukraine and her economy. I think we can clearly say it is very probably that not all of these people will come back to Ukraine. Some of them will stay in our countries, that’s clear. It will be also, to some extent, the result of market forces. We should not only emphasise that our countries are helping these people, because Poles and Czechs know very well that Ukrainians as labour force are very much helpful to our economies. Due to the lack of language barriers, our languages being closely related, we can basically understand each other without a problem. We have a very low unemployment and lack of skilled and unskilled labour in both countries. Without Ukrainian work force part of our construction sector of economy would come to a hold. Ukrainian ladies are working in supermarkets and in all kinds of other services. It’s not like we are only helping, they are also helping our economies to function and grow. This is my impression.

Without Ukrainian work force part of our construction sector of economy would come to a hold

Michał Banasiak: What about the migrants from the Middle East and Northern African countries. Is there a big discussion about those groups in Czechia? Is it a problem, is it an issue, for Czech people?

Jan Macháček: This is a very political issue, because in principal Czech population is strongly against mandatory quotas for refugees from Muslim or African countries. Government negotiated something on behalf of Czech Republic in the European Union. It’s not very popular, they say we have an exception until we have this huge influx of Ukrainian refugees. But generally, Czech population is quite welcoming towards immigrants with whom they had experienced that are hardworking, contributing to the economy. We have a huge Vietnamese minority in the country, and Czech had no troubles in integrating Vietnamese, neither with cooperating with Vietnamese. Because they are very hardworking people and they don’t create any ghettos, they don’t cause any social disruptions. Similarly – Czech have no troubles with refugees coming from Ukraine. But they are very, maybe it’s similar case in Poland, sceptical with potential influx of refugees form Muslim countries. Because they are afraid of ghettos being created, like in Germany. They are being afraid that it is not as easy to integrate these people into the society, into our culture etc. Czech are kind of worried about it. On the other, hand it is clear that until now these people from Muslim countries, or from Africa, are not coming much into our countries. Even if you would agree with some quotas, they will resettle back into the Germany, Holland and France, into these countries, because they have family connections there and some relatives. It does not have to be like this always. This idea of potential refugees influx from Middle East and Africa is not popular among Czech population. Czech population clearly does not like such an idea. I think it’s a very similar case in Poland.

Michał Banasiak: We have Poland and Czechia, both countries cooperating within V4, and many say that this group is frozen now. Because of the foreign policy of Hungary political cooperation is not possible anymore. What are your thoughts on that?

Jan Macháček: Well, I think that there are some voices that says that V4 should be frozen or even cancelled. But common sense advise is that there is no reason to cancel regional cooperation, because of development of Hungarian policy. The position of both government and also the president of the countries is that V4 is here to stay, and it does have not only meaning on political or geopolitical level, it also has meaning on cultural level. It is providing a lot of funds for cultural exchange, for cultural cooperation. As far as politics goes, it is very important to emphasise that fact that in Hungary they have different opinions on some foreign policy issues we should flag a platform to discuss it. If someone has a different opinion, we should try to convince him in open conversation that we have different opinions. It would be very interesting to find what is leading Hungarians to their foreign policy positions and discuss it then, and perhaps argue with them. I think its normal phenomenon in open platform, in open societies, the exchange of ideas and attitudes, explaining the attitudes. It’s always better to speak with your partners, even if they start to departure from your common position. It’s always good to talk, and try to find out why. It’s definitely better than to isolate somebody. This is my very personal opinion. It would be not very smart to cancel some platform, or to froze some platform, just before the expected elections. We will have elections in Slovakia, we will have elections in your country. Regional cooperation, I believe, should stay here. Whereas we are welcoming the civic society of different voluntary groupings, we should also have different regional and voluntary groupings within the European Union. We should take example from Austerlitz format, a cooperation of German speaking countries, which are Germany and Austria. There is a tradition of such kind of cooperation in the European Union. We have Benelux and Nordic countries. Such formats are making Europe more colourful. If you have differences, you have to speak about these differences to conquer it.

Michał Banasiak: Another original platform of cooperation is Three Seas initiative. What is the political perception and social perception of that project in Czechia? What is also your opinion on its development? Do you think that this the platform that can be developed more in coming years?

If Americans are not going to participate more in the Three Seas project, we should revaluate it, perhaps thinking about it more in purely European perspective.

Jan Macháček: It seems to me that it started with a huge support of Poland, but also with support coming from the U.S., under the previous administrations. It seems to me there is no longer a clear sign from the U.S. administration that they are strongly supportive of this initiative. I myself witnessed, about year ago, a visit of a deputy of the U.S. trade department for Europe, and when she was asked about Three Seas she said that she does not know what it is. It is little bit unclear how much supportive Americans are in that term. Their role in Three Seas project is clearly very important, because they have the financial resources. It makes sense to me that it should be also an American project due to the need of its financing. However, it seems to me that current administration is lacking enthusiasm to do so. If Americans are not going to participate more in the Three Seas project, we should revaluate it, perhaps thinking about it more in purely European perspective. Definitely most of the projects, especially those which are concerning the infrastructure, as I mentioned at the beginning, make sense to me. It’s a rational move to integrate European countries, as far as energy infrastructure is considered. From north to the south, this link is strategically very important. But we know that European defence is to an extent outsourced to the U.S., and everything of strategic purpose must be created with as great involvement of Americans as possible.

I have certain doubts about enthusiasm of Western Europe considered Three Seas initiative, because if you have not American banks and funds financing it, you can have Western European financing it, but they have even lower level of enthusiasm I’m afraid. At this moment most of our countries are lacking financial resources to integrate deeper and more actively our energetic infrastructure.

Michał Banasiak: Thank you very much.

Jan Macháček: Thank you for inviting me again, and thanks to our listeners.

Photo: Image by Jiří Rotrekl from Pixabay


The project “Intensifying Polish-Czech cooperation on the foreign policy priorities of both countries in 2023” aims to create a substantive basis for intensifying Polish-Czech cooperation in the field of foreign policy priorities of both countries. Public task financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland within the grant competition “Polish-Czech Forum 2023”. The cost of the project and the amount of grant is PLN 55 000,00.

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Michał Banasiak Michał Banasiak. He specializes in relationship of sports and politics. Author of analysis, comments and interviews in the field of sports diplomacy and international politics. Former Polsat News and Polish Television’s foreign desk journalist. michal.banasiak@ine.org.pl https://twitter.com/BanasiakMich

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Michał Banasiak Michał Banasiak. He specializes in relationship of sports and politics. Author of analysis, comments and interviews in the field of sports diplomacy and international politics. Former Polsat News and Polish Television’s foreign desk journalist. michal.banasiak@ine.org.pl https://twitter.com/BanasiakMich
Program Europa tworzą:

Marcin Chruściel

Dyrektor programu. Absolwent studiów doktoranckich z zakresu nauk o polityce na Uniwersytecie Wrocławskim, magister stosunków międzynarodowych i europeistyki Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego. Prezes Zarządu Instytutu Nowej Europy.

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Przewodniczący Rady Programowej Instytutu Nowej Europy. Doktor nauk ekonomicznych Szkoły Głównej Handlowej. Ekspert w dziedzinie polityki publicznej, w tym m. in. strategii państwa i gospodarki.

Michał Banasiak

Specjalizuje się w relacjach sportu i polityki. Autor analiz, komentarzy i wywiadów z zakresu dyplomacji sportowej i polityki międzynarodowej. Były dziennikarz Polsat News i wysłannik redakcji zagranicznej Telewizji Polskiej.

Maciej Pawłowski

Ekspert ds. migracji, gospodarki i polityki państw basenu Morza Śródziemnego. W latach 2018-2020 Analityk PISM ds. Południowej Europy. Autor publikacji w polskiej i zagranicznej prasie na temat Hiszpanii, Włoch, Grecji, Egiptu i państw Magrebu. Od września 2020 r. mieszka w północnej Afryce (Egipt, Algieria).

Jędrzej Błaszczak

Absolwent studiów prawniczych Uniwersytetu Śląskiego w Katowicach. Jego zainteresowania badawcze koncentrują się na Inicjatywie Trójmorza i polityce w Bułgarii. Doświadczenie zdobywał w European Foundation of Human Rights w Wilnie, Center for the Study of Democracy w Sofii i polskich placówkach dyplomatycznych w Teheranie i Tbilisi.

Program Bezpieczeństwo tworzą:

dr Aleksander Olech

Dyrektor programu. Wykładowca na Baltic Defence College, absolwent Europejskiej Akademii Dyplomacji oraz Akademii Sztuki Wojennej. Jego główne zainteresowania badawcze to terroryzm, bezpieczeństwo w Europie Środkowo-Wschodniej oraz rola NATO i UE w środowisku zagrożeń hybrydowych.

dr Agnieszka Rogozińska

Członek Rady Programowej Instytutu Nowej Europy. Doktor nauk społecznych w dyscyplinie nauki o polityce. Zainteresowania badawcze koncentruje na problematyce bezpieczeństwa euroatlantyckiego, instytucjonalnym wymiarze bezpieczeństwa i współczesnych zagrożeniach.

Aleksy Borówka

Doktorant na Wydziale Nauk Społecznych Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego, Przewodniczący Krajowej Reprezentacji Doktorantów w kadencji 2020. Autor kilkunastu prac naukowych, poświęconych naukom o bezpieczeństwie, naukom o polityce i administracji oraz stosunkom międzynarodowym. Laureat I, II oraz III Międzynarodowej Olimpiady Geopolitycznej.

Karolina Siekierka

Absolwentka Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego na kierunku stosunki międzynarodowe, specjalizacji Bezpieczeństwo i Studia Strategiczne. Jej zainteresowania badawcze obejmują politykę zagraniczną i wewnętrzną Francji, prawa człowieka oraz konflikty zbrojne.

Stanisław Waszczykowski

Podoficer rezerwy, student studiów magisterskich na kierunku Bezpieczeństwo Międzynarodowe i Dyplomacja na Akademii Sztuki Wojennej, były praktykant w BBN. Jego zainteresowania badawcze obejmują m.in. operacje pokojowe ONZ oraz bezpieczeństwo Ukrainy.

Leon Pińczak

Student studiów drugiego stopnia na Uniwersytecie Warszawskim na kierunku stosunki międzynarodowe. Dziennikarz polskojęzycznej redakcji Biełsatu. Zawodowo zajmuje się obszarem postsowieckim, rosyjską polityką wewnętrzną i doktrynami FR. Biegle włada językiem rosyjskim.

Program Indo-Pacyfik tworzą:

Łukasz Kobierski

Dyrektor programu. Współzałożyciel INE oraz prezes zarządu w latach 2019-2021. Stypendysta szkoleń z zakresu bezpieczeństwa na Daniel Morgan Graduate School of National Security w Waszyngtonie, ekspert od stosunków międzynarodowych. Absolwent Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego oraz Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika. Wiceprezes Zarządu INE.

dr Joanna Siekiera

Prawnik międzynarodowy, doktor nauk społecznych, adiunkt na Wydziale Prawa Uniwersytetu w Bergen w Norwegii. Była stypendystką rządu Nowej Zelandii na Uniwersytecie Victorii w Wellington, niemieckiego Institute of Cultural Diplomacy, a także francuskiego Institut de relations internationales et stratégiques.

Paweł Paszak

Absolwent stosunków międzynarodowych (spec. Wschodnioazjatycka) na Uniwersytecie Warszawskim oraz stypendysta University of Kent (W. Brytania) i Hainan University (ChRL). Doktorant UW i Akademii Sztuki Wojennej. Jego zainteresowania badawcze obejmują politykę zagraniczną ChRL oraz strategiczną rywalizację Chiny-USA.

Jakub Graca

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Patryk Szczotka

Absolwent filologii dalekowschodniej ze specjalnością chińską na Uniwersytecie Wrocławskim oraz student kierunku double degree China and International Relations na Aalborg University oraz University of International Relations (国际关系学院) w Pekinie. Jego zainteresowania naukowe to relacje polityczne i gospodarcze UE-ChRL oraz dyplomacja.

The programme's team:

Marcin Chruściel

Programme director. Graduate of PhD studies in Political Science at the University of Wroclaw and Master studies in International Relations at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. President of the Management Board at the Institute of New Europe.

PhD Artur Bartoszewicz

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Michał Banasiak

He specializes in relationship of sports and politics. Author of analysis, comments and interviews in the field of sports diplomacy and international politics. Former Polsat News and Polish Television’s foreign desk journalist.

Maciej Pawłowski

Expert on migration, economics and politics of Mediterranean countries. In the period of 2018-2020 PISM Analyst on Southern Europe. Author of various articles in Polish and foreign press about Spain, Italy, Greece, Egypt and Maghreb countries. Since September 2020 lives in North Africa (Egypt, Algeria).

Jędrzej Błaszczak

Graduate of Law at the University of Silesia. His research interests focus on the Three Seas Initiative and politics in Bulgaria. He acquired experience at the European Foundation of Human Rights in Vilnius, the Center for the Study of Democracy in Sofia, and in Polish embassies in Tehran and Tbilisi.

PhD Aleksander Olech

Programme director. Visiting lecturer at the Baltic Defence College, graduate of the European Academy of Diplomacy and War Studies University. His main research interests include terrorism, international cooperation for security in Eastern Europe and the role of NATO and the EU with regard to hybrid threats.

PhD Agnieszka Rogozińska

Member of the Institute's Programme Board. Doctor of Social Sciences in the discipline of Political Science. Editorial secretary of the academic journals "Politics & Security" and "Independence: journal devoted to Poland's recent history". Her research interests focus on security issues.

Aleksy Borówka

PhD candidate at the Faculty of Social Sciences in the University of Wroclaw, the President of the Polish National Associations of PhD Candidates in 2020. The author of dozen of scientific papers, concerning security studies, political science, administration, international relations. Laureate of the I, II and III International Geopolitical Olympiad.

Karolina Siekierka

Graduate of International Relations specializing in Security and Strategic Studies at University of Warsaw. Erasmus student at the Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris 1) and the Institut d’Etudes Politique de Paris (Sciences Po Paris). Her research areas include human rights, climate change and armed conflicts.

Stanisław Waszczykowski

Reserve non-commissioned officer. Master's degree student in International Security and Diplomacy at the War Studies University in Warsaw, former trainee at the National Security Bureau. His research interests include issues related to UN peacekeeping operations and the security of Ukraine.

Leon Pińczak

A second-degree student at the University of Warsaw, majoring in international relations. A journalist of the Polish language edition of Belsat. Interested in the post-Soviet area, with a particular focus on Russian internal politics and Russian doctrines - foreign, defense and information-cybernetic.

Łukasz Kobierski

Programme director. Deputy President of the Management Board. Scholarship holder at the Daniel Morgan Graduate School of National Security in Washington and an expert in the field of international relations. Graduate of the University of Warsaw and the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń

PhD Joanna Siekiera

International lawyer, Doctor of social sciences, postdoctor at the Faculty of Law, University of Bergen, Norway. She was a scholarship holder of the New Zealand government at the Victoria University of Wellington, Institute of Cultural Diplomacy in Germany, Institut de relations internationales et stratégiques in France.

Paweł Paszak

Graduate of International Relations (specialisation in East Asian Studies) from the University of Warsaw and scholarship holder at the University of Kent (UK) and Hainan University (China). PhD candidate at the University of Warsaw and the War Studies University. His research areas include the foreign policy of China and the strategic rivalry between China and the US in the Indo-Pacific.

Jakub Graca

Master of International Relations at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. He also studied Arabic therein. An analyst at the Center for International Initiatives (Warsaw) and the Institute of New Europe. Research interests: United States (mainly foreign policy), transatlantic relations.

Patryk Szczotka

A graduate of Far Eastern Philology with a specialization in China Studies at the University of Wroclaw and a student of a double degree “China and International Relations” at Aalborg University and University of International Relations (国际关系学院) in Beijing. His research interests include EU-China political and economic relations, as well as diplomacy.

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Members

The Baltic Security Foundation (Latvia)

The BSF promotes the security and defense of the Baltic Sea region. It gathers security experts from the region and beyond, provides a platform for discussion and research, promotes solutions that lead to stronger regional security in the military and other areas.

The Institute for Politics and Society (Czech Republic)

The Institute analyses important economic, political, and social areas that affect today’s society. The mission of the Institute is to cultivate the Czech political and public sphere through professional and open discussion.

Nézöpont Institute (Hungary)

The Institute aims at improving Hungarian public life and public discourse by providing real data, facts and opinions based on those. Its primary focus points are Hungarian youth, media policy and Central European cooperation.

The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (Austria)

The wiiw is one of the principal centres for research on Central, East and Southeast Europe with 50 years of experience. Over the years, the Institute has broadened its expertise, increasing its regional coverage – to European integration, the countries of Wider Europe and selected issues of the global economy.

The International Institute for Peace (Austria)

The Institute strives to address the most topical issues of the day and promote dialogue, public engagement, and a common understanding to ensure a holistic approach to conflict resolution and a durable peace. The IIP functions as a platform to promote peace and non-violent conflict resolution across the world.

The Institute for Regional and International Studies (Bulgaria)

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